smiting

smiting

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English smytinge, smitende, smytende, smitand, from Old English smītende, from Proto-Germanic *smītandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *smītaną (“to throw, hurl, bespatter”), equivalent to smite +‎ -ing.

Verb

smiting

1. present participle of smite

Etymology 2

From Middle English smytinge, smytynge, equivalent to smite +‎ -ing.

Noun

smiting (plural smitings)

1. The act of one who smites.
   • 2009, Christopher Moore, Coyote Blue (page 275)

     When her sisters talked about the Bible it was all the Sermon on the Mount and the Song of Solomon, Proverbs and Psalms; never smitings and plagues.

Anagrams

• MiSTing, misting, mitings, timings